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Oct 22, 2007
Norm Phelps - Author
Norm Phelps is the former spiritual outreach director of The Fund for Animals, as well as a founding member of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV) and a contributing writer for Satya. His goal is for faith communities of all traditions to include animals within the scope of their compassionate ministries. Norm Phelps is author of The Dominion of Love, The Great Compassion and The Longest Struggle. Norm lives in Funkstown, Maryland with his wife, Patti Rogers, and their family of rescued cats.
Oct 29, 2007
Dave Warwak - Chicago-area vegan middle school teacher Dave Warwak,
Chicago-area vegan middle school teacher Dave Warwak was fired for lecturing
on veganism during his art classes, and who says he wont return to work until
the school cafeteria serves only vegan lunches.
November 5th, 2007
Dr. Alan Goldhamer, Co-Author, The Pleasure Trap:
Every once in a while, a landmark book on health comes along that’s so original and innovative, it makes you reconsider your fundamental beliefs about the subject. After reading it, you find yourself questioning behaviors that all of your life you had taken for granted were good for you, until now. THE PLEASURE TRAP: Mastering The Hidden Force That Undermines Health and Happiness by Douglas Lisle, Ph.D., and Alan Goldhamer, D.C., is such a book.
November 12, 2007
Kathy Stevens, Founder - Catskill Animal Sanctuary, and Author "Where the Blind Horse Sings". From Kathy: "Catskill Animal Sanctuary is simply my gift to the world—a thank you for a life filled with good fortune and opportunity. It’s also a place that embodies everything I believe in—and what I believe in, essentially, is love.”
November 19, 2007
Jim Mason - Author - One of his books, An Unnatural Order: Why We Are Destroying the Planet and Each Other, was released in paperback by Continuum Publishers in 1997. It looks at the historical and cultural roots of the Western belief in God-given dominion over the living world. The book explains how dominionism has made a mess of our relations with animals, with nature, and with each other. In enslaving animals for war and farming, he says, agrarian society broke the ancient bonds and sense of kinship with them. This makes for an alienated, nature-hating culture, Mason argues. It fouls our relations with nature — especially animals, whom we need, he says, "as companions, as exercisers of human empathy and nurturing, as feeders and informers of the psyche, and as kin and continuum with the rest of the living world." There is too much to say about Jim: Here is a link to his bio: JIM MASON
November 26, 2007
Venerable Yifa, Author "Authenticity, Cleaning the Junk: A Buddhist Perspective".
Venerable Yifais a nun belonging to the religious order Fo Guang Shan, which was founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun in Taiwan and seeks to make Buddhist practice relevant to contemporary life. Yifa lives at Hsi Lai temple in Hacienda Heights, California. Venerable Yifa is also the author of "Safeguarding the Heart, A Buddhist Response to Suffering and September 11", "The Tender Heart, A Buddhist Response to Suffering" - she is also a contributor to Benedict’s Dharma: Buddhists Reflect on the Rule of St. Benedict.
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